TY - BOOK AU - Dickens, Charles AU - Austen, John AU - Baskerville, John AU - Winterich, John T. TI - The Personal History of David Copperfield T2 - Easton Press's The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written SN - 9788424155117 AV - PR4558 .A1 1979 U1 - 823.8 PY - 1979/// CY - Norwalk, Connecticut PB - Easton Press KW - Boys KW - Fiction KW - Young men KW - Orphans KW - Stepfathers KW - Child labor KW - England KW - gsafd KW - Autobiographical fiction KW - Bildungsromans N1 - Book is bound in genuine leather with hubbed spine, sewn pages, heavy duty binding boards, and 22kt gold accents. Front cover has full-color frontispiece portrait of author. Page ends are gilded, printed on acid-neutral paper, handsome moire end pages, and a satin-ribbon page marker.; Easton Press edition is published by advance reservation only exclusively for subscribers to the 100 Greatest Books Ever Written.; Stamped leaf design on leather binding created by graphic artist, Richard Traunig of Wethersfield, Connecticut. N2 - Charles Dickens' 1850 classic epic, David Copperfield, unfolds the story of David, an optimistic and hard-working lad who's orphaned in his youth. Raised initially by his brutal stepfather, who halts David's schooling and sends him to work in a factory, David eventually finds a home with his eccentric, but kind aunt, Betsey. Later in life, David trains for a career in law, but eventually becomes a writer ER -